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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATSON J. MILLER AND THOMAS L. I. BULLUSS, OF BIRMINGHAM, AND HENRYBERRY, OF HUNTINGTON, ASSIGNORS TO THE DERBY SIL- VER COMPANY, OFBIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of :Letters Patent No. 259,988, dated June20, 1882.

Application filed April 17; 18827. (No model.)

To all 'whom 'it may concern: A

Be it known that we, W. J. MILLER, of Birmingham, county of New Haven,T. L. I. BULLUSS, of Birmingham, county of New lHaven, and HENRY BERRY,of Huntington,

in the county of Fairfield and State of Gonnecticut, have invented a newand valuable Improvement in CoveredDishes; andwe do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a vertical sectionalview of our dish, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to covered dishes, jewel-caskets, &c. 5 andit consists in the novel construction andarran gement of the parts ofthe same, as will'be hereinafter fully described,

and particularly ypointed out in the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings, the letter D indicates the body of thereceiver or dish, and

C the cover thereof, having a central slot or aperture, a.

The dish er receiver is provided witharaised arm, frame, or handle, H,which is preferably constructed with parallel side bars, b, snicient-v1y close together to form slide-guides for the lugs or projections l ofthe cover. f

It is obvious that, instead of parallel guidebars, a single grooved orribbed guide will be suficient, and sometimes no guides will beneeded-as for instance, when the cover is suspended from a singleoverhangin g arm of curved or angular form.

Small angular dogs d, pivoted in bearings of the dish or body portion D,and weighted to gravitate inward or toward the center, serve to engageprojecting portions of the cover and hold it down, thereby closing thedish or receiver. To` armsc oi' these dogs are connected the branchesofa bow or handle, h, whereby they are 4moved outward and disconnectedfrom the cover, when it is desired to raise the latter.

Within the cover (l is located a detachable plate, P, to which isconnected a spring-case, k, and spring s, operating to wind up ametallic tape, T, or chain or other connection, extending through theaperture a. of the cover, and secured by its upper end to a catch orattachment, m, of the handle, arm, or frame H, above the central portionof the cover. lThe spring employed is designed to have suflicientstrength to wind up the tape or connection T on its drum,when the coveris released from the dogs, thereby raising said cover and sustaining thesame in the raised position until it is epressed for engagement with theholdingogs. i

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, Is-

l. In a butter or other dish, the combination, with a cover having acentral aperture, a, of the detachable interior plate, P, carrying theoperating-spring s and strap T, substantially as specified.

2. A dish or receptacle having the raised handle or frame H and itsslideguides, the automatic angledogs, and the. gravitating handle or bowh, connected to arms of said dogs, substantially as specified.

-3. As an improved article of manufacture, a dish or receiver having araised handle or arm and automatic holding-dogs, a cover suspended fromsaid handle or arm by a tape or connection passing through its centralaperture, and connected to aninterior spring winding device,substantiallyas speciied.

In testimony that l.we claim the above wel have hereunto vsubscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

WATSON J. MILLER. THOS. L. I. BULLUSS. HENRY BERRY.

' Witnesses:

C. A. BURR, STERLING D. LocKwooD, ALEXANDER S. W ADswoETH.

